Financial Analysis Manager

BT Group; London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the telecommunications sector is seeking a Financial Analysis Manager to join their Central Finance team. This role involves providing expert analysis and insights on financial impacts for key projects with significant interaction at senior levels. Ideal candidates will be qualified accountants with strong analytical and communication skills, eager to utilize data in decision-making.

Benefits

10% on target bonus

Equal family leave: 18 weeks at full pay

Enhanced women's health support

25 days annual leave

24/7 private virtual GP appointments

2 weeks carer's leave

World-class training and development opportunities

Option to join BT Shares Saving schemes

Qualifications

• Experience in building and operating complex financial models.
• Excellent communicator of complex messages.
• Experience in a regulatory environment or central finance role is desired.

Responsibilities

• Conduct financial analysis of operational data sets.
• Business partner for Regulatory Affairs and Competition Finance.
• Produce business cases for regulatory decisions.

Skills

Financial analysis

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent)

Job description

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Gracechurch St (4964), London, United Kingdom

This role can be based in Birmingham, Bristol or London.

Closing Date: Tuesday 1st July 2025

About Openreach

Openreach Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of BT Group. We look after the copper wires and fibre cables that connect homes and businesses to phone and broadband. Our customers are the 650+ communications providers who sell phone and broadband services to these households and businesses.

Why this role matters

The Financial Analysis Manager role sits within Central Finance in Openreach and reports directly to the Senior Manager, Finance - Regulatory and Statutory Reporting

In this role, you will become an expert in financial analysis and modelling, and alongside a clear understanding of the wider business, you will provide advice and council on financial impacts and analysis for key projects and decisions.

The role involves significant levels of senior stakeholder engagement with regular direct interaction with the CFO, Managing Director of Regulation, and Group Regulatory Finance Director.

What you'll be doing

• Financial analysis of a wide range of financial and operational data sets to provide data inputs and insights.
• Business partner to Openreach Regulatory Affairs, Pricing and Group Competition Finance.
• Financial lead on the pricing compliance; cost modelling; risk monitoring; and reporting.
• Support the Group Competition Finance team in implementing the methodology changes in the regulatory financial statements.
• Support the Commercial Pricing Team and the wider Openreach Finance Team in assessing the impacts of pricing decisions by providing accurate modelling of returns across various markets, products and services.
• Support the Regulatory Affairs Team in strategic business cases and/or impact analysis of claims/disputes.
• Produce business cases for regulatory decisions, potential regulation impacts, or points of potential or active debate and influence with the regulator.

The skills you'll need

• Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent).
• Experience in building and operating complex financial models to analyse large financial and operational data sets.
• Excellent communicator of complex messages, in to clear financial and operation narratives.
• Experience of positively influencing business decisions by using data, narrative, and analysis to inform decision making.
• Experience of working in a regulatory environment, or a central finance role at manager level or above is desired (but not essential if willing to learn fast!).
• 10% on target bonus
• From January 2025, equal family leave: receive 18 weeks at full pay, 8 weeks at half pay and 26 weeks at the statutory rate. It’s for all parents, no matter how your family is made up.
• Enhanced women’s health support: including help with menopause symptoms, cancer screenings, period care and more.
• 25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service
• 24/7 private virtual GP appointments for UK colleagues
• 2 weeks carer’s leave
• World-class training and development opportunities
• Option to join BT Shares Saving schemes.

About Openreach
We employ more than 35,091 people who install, support and maintain the wiring, fibres and connections which link tens of millions of homes and businesses in the UK to our customers’ networks.

Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.

We will also offer reasonable adjustments for the selection process if required, so please do not hesitate to inform us.

Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.

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